Book Synopsis
PROLOGUE
The morning was cold, gray, and damp in the town of Southampton, England, as Katie stood at the dock and stared up at the gigantic cruise ship. It was springtime in 1939 and scores of people waited on the dock too excited to notice the damp dreariness of the day because they were anxiously awaiting the maiden voyage of the luxury liner, RMS Columbia. Columbia will be the largest ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The First-Class accommodations, centered in the middle of the ship, were so elegant that English royalty would be astonished. The Second Class, or Tourist Class, was just as fine and found in the stern of the ship. The Third Class, or Steerage, accommodation was small but impressive and found at the bow of the ship. The RMS Columbia was indeed the most luxurious ship on the ocean. Katie was a youthful twenty-year-old and for her, this day was also a maiden voyage; she was making her first trip across the Atlantic traveling to and between Southampton and New York.